No network connectivity on the Virtuozzo 7 Almalinux 9.4 virtual machine

Symptoms 

No network connectivity on the Virtuozzo 7 Almalinux 9.4 virtual machine.

Cause

The network scripts have been removed following the update of the operating system to AlmaLinux 9.4.

Resolution

Please follow the steps outlined below:

1. Download the network-scripts RPM on the slave node:
   

   # wget https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.4/devel/x86_64/os/Packages/network-scripts-10.11.6-1.el9.x86_64.rpm

2. Proceed to stop and mount the virtual machine:

   # vzctl stop uuid

   
   

   # vzctl mount uuid

3. Copy the RPM file to the virtual machine:
   

   # cp -r network-scripts-10.11.6-1.el9.x86_64.rpm /vz/root/uuid/

4. Start the virtual machine:
   

   # vzctl start uuid

5. Install the package:
   

   # rpm -ivh network-scripts-10.11.6-1.el9.x86_64.rpm --nodeps

6. Finally, restart the network:
   

   # systemctl restart network